What is the 'LSE'? Definition & meaning

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Retail Prices Index (RPI)

An index published each month by the Office for National Statistics, which measures the level of retail prices in the UK. Cash flows on all index-linked gilts are linked to the RPI.

Earnings per share

We look at what earnings per share mean and how to calculate it

Nominal amount

The face value of a gilt. It represents the amount that will be repaid to the holder at maturity and is also used to calculate the dividend or coupon payment.

Venture Capital Trust (VCT)

A listed company run by a fund manager, investing mainly in private companies.e.

Leverage

A method of trading using borrowed money that usually involves a very high level of risk.

Arithmetic Mean

The sum of a set of numbers added together and then divided by the total amount of numbers in that set.

Unit Trusts

A collective investment scheme the investors pay money into in exchange for units. The money is invested in a diversified portfolio of assets.

Growth stocks

These are stocks in companies that are considered to be “growing”. These companies may be delivering new products and services, or entering new markets.

Equity ETF

An exchange-traded fund that is comprised of a set of stocks.

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